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A typical household in seventeenth-century New England owned several metal or ceramic candlesticks. Wax candles were an expensive rarity—most colonists made their own candles from tallow (animal fat).
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Title: Candlestick
Date: 1670–1700
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Flora E. Whiting, 1971
Accession Number: 1971.180.69
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